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Manners, please

Manners, please
Danylo HawaleshkaDecember42000

Manners, please

Danylo HawaleshkaDecember42000

Manners, please

Peter Post knows about etiquette. Post is the great-grandson of Emily Post, the connoisseur of manners who literally wrote the book on good behaviour. As a director of the Burlington, Vt.-based Emily Post Institute, he recalls how he recently watched three businessmen sit down to lunch. Barely two minutes later, one man proceeded to place a call on his cellphone, ignoring his companions. The two men clearly did not appreciate the snub. “Their body language,” says Post, “went from being in a friendly, jovial situation, to being very cold and very frustrated.”

Cellphones have been around long enough that their owners should know by now when and

where to use them. For those who still do not—and clearly there are many—here are some gende reminders from Post, the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association and other well-mannered sources:

V’ ' It seems so obvious, but—keep your voice down. Not everyone, believe it or not, is as fascinated as you are in how the Maple Leafs/Steelers/ your office mate Mary made out last night.

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